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US Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) of Missouri said on MSNBC that Ferguson had been “invaded” by agitators from other communities. A bundle of about 50 arrest reports obtained by a Washington Post reporter included a “large number” with Illinois and Texas addresses.

“It’s like looting tourism,” an officer told the Post. “It’s like they are spending their gas money to come down here and steal.”

While many of these outsiders have come on their own initiative, others are part of larger fringe organizations. ("Ferguson: Who are the outside agitators entering the fray?" in Christian Science Monitor, Aug 19, 2014)

Robert Spencer in Jihad Watch writes, "The Islamic State and other jihadist movements are using the events outside St. Louis as propaganda against the West. One argument they’ve been making for years is that racism and discrimination are rampant in some parts of the West, and they’re hoping the Ferguson riots could help recruit black Americans." The U.S. Attorney in Southern District of Illinois, Steve Wigginton, said ISIS wants people who hate the U.S. government as much they do. “We received intelligence reports for law enforcement showing actual tweets ISIS was putting out encouraging Americans to join the people who were burning down buildings in Ferguson to engage that kind of conduct across America,” said Wigginton.

Pastor Eddie Cage of St. Louis, Missouri condemns leftist and Islamist groups who incite and recruit troublemakers to their causes.

Some 3.7million Londoners classified themselves as whiteBritish in 2011 – down from 4.3million in 2001 – despite the city’s population increasing by nearly one million over the decade to 8.2million, The Daily Mail reports.

The census shows the population of England and Wales was swollen by nearly four million immigrants in a decade of sweeping social change.

London’s population has been especially enlarged by immigrants. Three million foreign-born people now live in the capital.

Asians (India/Pakistan/Bangladeshi) comprise 18%. Black Londoners – including Africans, black Britons and those from the Caribbean – make up 13 per cent.

Larry Elder, black conservative talk-radio host and author of "What's Race Got to Do With It: Why it's time to stop the stupidest argument in America," was fired without explanation by KABC-AM Los Angeles management last week.

Libertarian talk show host Larry Elder - who called himself 'The Sage from South Central' – was a fixture at KABC for most of the last two decades, until Tuesday, when he was abruptly fired. KABC management called Elder and his agent, George Green, Tuesday night to tell them Elder was out, but Green says they didn’t offer any explanation.

“They chose not to tell him why, or to tell me why, so at this point I’m totally in the blind,” Green said Thursday. KABC didn’t respond to KPCC's requests for comment.

Mr. Elder switched to producing his show independely, as a live podcast weekdays at LarryElderRadio.com

20141201

Just how accurate is President Obama’s claim that there was “not even a smidgen of corruption” in the IRS targeting scandal ? The chart’s most startling figure shows how of the 298 groups whose applications for tax exempt status were delayed, a whopping 83% were right-leaning organizations.

The other revelations – conservative groups having to answer more than 3 times as many questions as liberal groups and being approved for non-profit status 45% of the time versus 70% of the time for liberal groups – buoy the position that the IRS did in fact target conservative groups. (Graphic courtesy Reason.com )

The IRS' stalling of the applications has cost some groups thousands in donations and grants, while other groups have not been able to survive. A communications director for a Texas-based conservative group told The Christian Post earlier that the IRS's stalling cost his group $80,000 in donations and grants. (Juan Leon in IJReview)See Will 'Lost' IRS Emails Reveal a Corrupt White House? IBD Editorial